What about short-term disability? Does that kick in at some point?

ION: I just tried to hang up the coffee pot in the fridge. ...

STD usually doesn't kick in until after 30 days, unfortunatey.

KT, don't stress about the money--just concentrate on getting better.

I have tea and the phone's internet seems to be working.

OK, this brought a tear to my eye. Even if you aren't a sports fan, this is beautiful:

Okay, this...made it worth it to be a human today.

STD usually doesn't kick in until after 30 days, unfortunatey.

Actually, it depends on the coverage.

For instance, most of the voluntary STD available through where I work kicks in 1 day after an accident or 8 days after sickness, presuming "total disability" (so messed up you cannot work).

I don't know what KT has, but if she has voluntary STD benefits, she may want to look at the terms of her coverage.

FMLA is also good for, as she said, ensuring her job is still there if she's out too long and maintaining her seniority. Plus, you know, partial paid leave.

STD usually doesn't kick in until after 30 days, unfortunatey.

That's what the kids on the playground say, anyway.

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Those damn toilet seats....

(Do people still blame the toilet seat these days?)

I don't know what KT has, but if she has voluntary STD benefits, she may want to look at the terms of her coverage.

Pneumonia, babe. She's in the hopital. Skimmer!

I don't know what KT has, but if she has voluntary STD benefits, she may want to look at the terms of her coverage.

Pneumonia, babe. She's in the hopital. Skimmer!

I don't know what she has as far as coverage, you doof-brain.

Hivemind school advice: yesterday, I gave a lecture. I made note-taking guides so the students wouldn't tax themselves trying to write down my every word, and spent a fair amount of time going over the concepts, repeating them, quizzing students on the meaning of what I'd said, and basically trying to drive home, "Yes, I know it's May and some of you won't have to take the final, but we have another month to go and you need to pay attention!" After class, I found 5 or 6 notetaking guides (out of a class of 14 students) scattered around the room, only one of them with any notes on them whatsoever. Now, obviously I am largely at fault for not integrating the notetaking sufficiently into the class, not having regular quizzes, yadda. But they know what they're supposed to do, and many of them are just not bothering. In my irritation yesterday, I wrote up a pop quiz. I have it ready and copied, it's straight off the notes, and people who were doing what they were supposed to will be able to knock it off in 5 minutes. Other people -- well, there'll be a chorus of bitching and moaning.

But I keep going over this -- is this a pedagogically sound thing to do? Is it fair? Will it, in fact, achieve anything? Or should I just give them a Talking-To (which they will shrug off as usual) and let it go, it being nearly the end of the year? Ideas?

Emily, though this sounds draconian, I think a pop-quiz is a good teaching tool in this case - it drives home your point from yesterday. You told them to take notes. You gave them the tools with which to do it. Et Voila - there was a reason for all of the preparation you so carefully handed to them on a silver platter.

Going to school is not just about sitting in the damn chair.

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